All America Selections for 1940 
We have grouped together on this page the 1940 All America Selections as there are many 
gardeners particularly interested in the latest and most outstanding novelties introduced this 
year. The awards represent the collective opinion of a large number of judges who make 
their reports from various sections throughout the country. 

Petunia Glow 
Silver Medal Awards 
3309 Petunia Glow 
Dwarf, compact, ball-shaped plants 
covered with bright rose-red blooms with 
lighter throat. Extremely free-flowering 
and a wonderful variety for the garden. 
Received the highest number of votes. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. 
3330 Petunia Cream Star 
Extremely free-flowering plants covered 
with soft creamy white blooms of blunt 
star shape. A splendid bedding variety 
representing an entirely new color in 
Petunias. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 65c. 
1058 Ageratum Midget Blue 
Only 4 inches tall but spreading to more 
than a foot in width. Covered with tiny 
tufts of charming azure blue flowers. 
Valuable for edging, the rock garden, and 
for pots. Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 75c. 
Spring-Flowering Sweet Pea 
4207 Rose-Pink 
This represents an entirely new type 
blooming earlier outdoors than the 
summer-flowering kind. Of tall growth 
with fine long-stemmed blooms of an 
appealing bright rose-pink color. Pkt. 25c; 
3 pkts. 65c. 

Scabiosa Heavenly Blue 

Petunia Cream Star 


Marigold Limelight 



Bronze Medal Awards 
Spring-Flowering Sweet Pea 
4203 Blue 
Another member of this new class which 
besides its value for garden planting can 
also be forced in the greenhouse. Of a 
medium marine blue color. Pkt. 25c; 
3 pkts. 65c. 
1is2 Antirrhinum Rosalie 
A rust-resistant Majus grandiflorum 
variety presenting beautiful rose-pink 
blooms with deeper center and golden 
suffusion. Vigorous and rust-resistant. 
Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 75c. 
Scabiosa 
3871 Heavenly Blue 
Distinct and lovely azure-blue, very 
early-flowering, and also most profuse. 
Of dwarf growth, 18 inches tall, bearing 
high crowned, double blooms. Pkt. 25c; 
3 pkts. 65c. 
2907 Marigold Limelight 
A new color, pale primrose yellow or 
deep cream. Has attractive incurved 
Chrysanthemum-like flowers. An early 
and continuous bloomer with flowers 
measuring 13-2 inches in diameter. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 65c. 


Sweet Pea Rose-Pink 



Aster Rose Marie 






Antirrhinum Rosalie 
Honorable Mention 
1182 Aster Rose Marie 
This belongs to the wilt-resistant early 
giant class of China Asters. It is by far 
the best cutting Aster of rose-pink color 
with fluffy centers and long narrow petals 
forming flowers 3} to 4 inches in diameter. 
Of base branching habit and very showy. 
Pkt. 25c; special pkt. 75c. 
2926 Marigold Yellow Pygmy 
Neat compact plants of attractive ball 
shape growing 18 inches tall and therefore 
valuable for edging and for pots. The 
individual flowers measure about an inch 
in diameter and are an attractive light 
lemon yellow color. It belongs to the 
French Lilliput type and is dwarfer than 
others in that class. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 65c. 
Sweet Pea 
Spring-Flowering 
4205 Lavender 
This is the third of the new Spring- 
Flowering Sweet Peas which extends the 
color range into the lavender section. — It 
shares with the other two a strong and tall 
growth carrying the blooms on extra-long 
and wiry stems. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. 65c. 

O23 LEB 
Marigold Yellow Pygmy 

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